Obituary

My mom’s obituary was in the Washington Post today. It’ll also appear in the Farmville Herald and in the St. Joseph Michigan paper.

Things are settling out. We ran into town today (a 45 minute drive) and got a fancy card from Verizon that gives me high speed internet anywhere we have phone service, so I’ll be able to work from here for a while. redmed is on “research” at work anyway … and has decided to hang out here for a week. The other family members have either departed or are leaving tomorrow. I took out some aggression on a pile of un-split wood this afternoon … and I’m feeling much better. Plus, we have firewood (chopped into rather small, highly regular pieces) for the next few weeks. I plan to purchase a heavy punching bag and some decent bag-gloves so that my dad and I can act on that urge to tire ourselves out.

It’s amazing how life really does go on. I was sort of expecting the world to change in some measurable way … but really it’s the same as it was before … but without that one particular person. Thanks again for all the love and support. It’s meant the world to all of us.